The Action Chapel International (ACI), has presented food items to inmates of the Kumasi Central Prisons.
The items included; 250 bags of rice, twenty five (25) cartons of frozen chicken and twenty (20) gallons of cooking oil.
The items, worth over Ghc 7,000, is to be given to the inmates as part of the Church’s charity initiative during the Christmas and New Year festivities.
Presenting the items to management of the Prisons on behalf of the founder of the Action Chapel International, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan Williams, Pastor Victor Kusi Boateng emphasized the need to put smiles on the faces of inmates during the festive season.
“Like I said, it is the Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, my proud father who is the presiding Archbishop of the Action Chapel International all over the world and our Churches, who has seen the need that Prisoners should enjoy as much as we are also enjoying during this Christmas festivities in our various houses. And that is why he sent over 250 bags of rice and 25 cartons of chicken to feed these people and to make them also happy as we all celebrate in our various homes”.
He said the Charismatic Christian church will continue to support prisons across the country since Government alone cannot cater for the needs of inmates in these facilities.
Pastor Kusi Boateng entreated Christians not to use the period to engage in acts that are against the teachings of Jesus Christ and the Holy Bible.
Kumasi Mayor, Osei Assibey Antwi, expressed gratitude for the gesture and called on other vhurches to come to the aid of the inmates.
Ashanti Regional Prisons Chaplain, Reverend Canon Chief Superintendent Emmanuel Akwesi Ansah, said the facility is in dire need of drugs to cater for the over 1,700 inmates who fall sick daily.
He indicated that it is always difficult buying drugs for inmates who visit the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) to seek healthcare.
Chief Superintendent Akwesi Ansah appealed to benevolent individuals and organisations to come to the rescue of the needy inmates.
He also thanked the Action Chapel International for the donation and appealed for more support for the service.
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By: Hafiz Tijani/Citifmoline.com/Ghana